Black C5 Corvette Detail

[Rickrack]

Here is a Corvette that I detailed for the dealership I do work for. It is a 2001 with only 8,500 miles on it. The previous owner obviously did not take vey good care of it. It appeared that it was never washed, waxed or oven vacuumed its entire life. The car was bought for the owner of the dealerships friend, so it really needed to come out good.



I will let the pictures do the talking as to the condition of the car. There were some really deep scratches on the hood and the front right front fender which required wetsanding to fully remove them.



My Process:



Washed, cleaned wheels tires and engine compartment



Clayed with purple Kar Kraft clay bar (agressive)



Rewashed



Wetsanded deep scratches with 2000 grit



Compounded wetsanded areas and other major scratches with PG using a yellow Edge wool pad @1800 rpm X 2 or 3



Buffed complete exterior with SIP using a blue Edge wool pad @ 1500 rpm



Buffed complete exterior with 106ff using a foam finishing pad starting @1400 rpm going down to 1200 rpm



Hand application of Zaino AIO to complete exterior (Glass and wheels also received ZAIO)



Hand application of Souveran



Super Blue dressing on tires and wheel wells





Here are the before pictures...

 

[Rickrack]

Scratches Wetsanded....

In the picture below it looks like a scratch on the headlight cover, but it's not.

 

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[Brian_Brice]

Excellent work Rick, it really looks like it received a fresh paint job!

 

[Rickrack]

All in all it came out pretty good for the amount of time I was allowed to work on it. I was told to do the job without breaking their wallet, so not quite 100%, but a big improvement from before.





Forgot to add befores of the engine bay and interior....

 

[Ralliart16]

All in all it came out pretty good for the amount of time I was allowed to work on it. I was told to do the job without breaking their wallet, so not quite 100%, but a big improvement from before.

lol isn't that what all dealerships tell the detailers? I don't think i've ever seen a post where someone said "the dealership told me to take whatever time necessary to make it perfect"



looks great though

 

[stiffdogg06]

Once again, an amazing turn around for the Vette Guru!:nana:



Awesome job!



- Andrew

 

[Scottwax]

Awesome work as usual, Rick.



Unbelievable someone could trash a car that bad only driving it 8500 miles. :nervous2:

 

[jpochile]

One hell of a come back Rick .



Hard to believe that someone with only 8500 miles on a Vette would do that .

Again one Amazing job . Bet the dealer was really happy about the turn around . Always enjoy your work .



Cheers , Jean Paul

 

[ptaylor_9849]

I brought my vette to Rick for obvious reasons. You are the vette king.



Patrick

 

[jimmie jam]

rick, that car NOW looks like my 04 vert with 4,000 no rain miles and almost like my 07 with 1,500 miles. WOW! beautiful work!

 

[whis9]

simply amazing.

 

[imported_Dave11]

Very nice paint correction.......:buffing:



The engine compartment looks great too. What did you use in there....?

 

[red4.8]

Well done, looks better than new, super wet..

Sad to see a vette in that condition..

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Amazing Rick, your posts are amazing

 

[mr.ikon]

Looks sexy. Awesome work

 

[imported_rydawg1]

amazing work on a car that was beat. I still love doing Vettes personally. I do not know why, but I just look forward to doing them.



Great work Rick!

 

[imported_fishbonezken]

wow, from grey to BLACK!

awesome job!!

 

[gmblack3]

Excellent recovery on the PITA vette and PITA black Rick!



Did the blue wool and SIP clean up the yellow wool/PG well? I have found the blue wool to be very soft, but I have one used it once with ZPC as a finessing step.